diff --git a/template/.rumdl.toml b/template/.config/rumdl.toml
similarity index 56%
rename from template/.rumdl.toml
rename to template/.config/rumdl.toml
index 078fcea..96b4d5c 100644
--- a/template/.rumdl.toml
+++ b/template/.config/rumdl.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 [global]
-# 72 to match what we have currently been using
-line_length = 72
 flavor = "quarto"
 exclude = [
   # Common directories to exclude
-  ".git",
   ".github",
-  # This is auto-generated from the qmd version
-  "README.md",
-  # This has it's own structure
-  "LICENSE.md",
+  # This is autogenerated from the `.qmd` version
+  "**/README.md",
+  # This has its own structure
+  "**/LICENSE.md",
+  # `_badges.qmd` gets mangled by rumdl
+  "**/_badges.qmd",
+  # Changelog has it's own (auto-generated) structure, ignore it.
+  "CHANGELOG.md",
 ]
 
 # List style: `-`
diff --git a/template/.typos.toml b/template/.config/typos.toml
similarity index 54%
rename from template/.typos.toml
rename to template/.config/typos.toml
index 36ad591..036a444 100644
--- a/template/.typos.toml
+++ b/template/.config/typos.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 [files]
 extend-exclude = [
   "*.html",
-  "*.json",
-  "*.log",
-  "*.tex",
   "*.css",
-  "*.svg",
+  "*.json",
   ".quarto/*",
   "_site/*",
   "_book/*",
   "_extensions/*",
+  "*.svg",
   "*.bib",
+  # If creating releases and using git-cliff, the hashes in the CHANGELOG can
+  # falsely trigger typos.
+  "CHANGELOG.md",
 ]